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Safeguards in a Changing Landscape

April 21, 20129:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

The landscape of safeguards is in a state of transition. One significant trend is a growing emphasis on the use of national systems to meet safeguard needs.

This panel will look at opportunities and challenges associated with this changing geography. Speakers will touch on several elements of the shifting landscape, including the World Bank's experiment with a country systems approach, the negotiations around REDD+ safeguards, and the emergence of China and Brazil as significant actors.

Particular emphasis will be placed on the relationship of these developments to the use of national laws and institutions to protect people and the environment, and the search for proper balance between ownership and accountability for all actors involved.

Speakers:

Henry Bazira, Water Governance Institute, Uganda

Mark Grimsditch, consultant on China/Cambodia

Bernadinus Steni, HuMa, Indonesia

Roland Widmer, consultant on Brazil

Stephen Litner, World Bank

Gaia Larsen (TBC), World Resources Institute (chair)

Contact:
Emily Norford (enorford@wri.org)

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CSO Policy Forum<br />
World Bank, Washington, DC
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<p><b><i>Note: Must be accredited to Civil Society Policy Forum of the World Bank Spring Meetings in order to attend</i></b></p>